“A List of Everyone the FBI Could Interview About Brett Kavanaugh if They Really Want to Find Out How Credible He Is”: Christina Cauterucci and Ben Mathis-Lilley of Slate have this report.

“Washington Braces for Battle as F.B.I. Contacts Potential Witnesses to Kavanaugh Claims”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this report.

“Kavanaugh’s angry testimony may save his nomination, but undercut an image of him as an impartial Supreme Court justice”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“If we want to protect the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, Kavanaugh should not be on it”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Why are Republicans ramming Brett Kavanaugh on to the supreme court? Mitch McConnell has made it clear: Dr Christine Blasey Ford does not matter; This is about shaping the judiciary for years to come.” David Smith of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Brett Kavanaugh is ‘not the person for the Supreme Court'”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“FBI’s Probe of Kavanaugh Will Have Limits Set by White House”: Chris Strohm, Shannon Pettypiece, and Laura Litvan of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Supreme Court will start hearing arguments Monday in the shadow of the uproar over Brett Kavanaugh”: Tucker Higgins of CNBC has this report.

“‘They’re great little animals’: The dusky gopher frog goes before the Supreme Court.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“White House Directs FBI to Interview First Two Kavanaugh Accusers, But Not the Third; FBI probe won’t include interviewing Julie Swetnick, drawing criticism from her attorney”: Dustin Volz and Peter Nicholas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh and I have a lot in common”: Law professor Jennifer Taub has this essay online at CNN.

“White House limits scope of the FBI’s investigation into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh; The FBI has not been permitted to investigate the claims of Julie Swetnick, a White House official confirmed to NBC News”: Ken Dilanian, Geoff Bennett, Kristen Welker, Frank Thorp V, Hallie Jackson, and Leigh Ann Caldwell of NBC News have this report.

“Christine Blasey Ford’s friend is not refuting Ford’s allegation, will cooperate with FBI, lawyer says”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Mueller defends authority, hearkens back to Garfield administration”: Darren Samuelsohn of Politico has this report on a brief filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Scenes from Jeff Flake’s Supreme Court rebellion: The Arizona Republican’s head-snapping moves Friday left Washington in shock and Brett Kavanaugh in renewed jeopardy.” Burgess Everett, Elana Schor, and John Bresnahan of Politico have this report.

“Here’s where Kavanaugh’s sworn testimony was misleading or wrong”: Philip Bump of The Washington Post has this report.

“FBI reaches out to second woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct”: Shane Harris, Matt Zapotosky, Tom Hamburger, and Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post have this report.

“The roots of male rage, on show at the Kavanaugh hearing”: Law professor Martha Nussbaum has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Partisan politics and Kavanaugh’s defiant words put Supreme Court in unwelcome spotlight”: Robert Barnes and Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post have this report.

“Nominee’s attack on Democrats poses risk to Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“The Secret to Brett Kavanaugh’s Specific Appeal: The nominee’s transgressions, far from marking him as unfit, signal to his supporters that he is trustworthy — he is one of them.” Judith Donath has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“An Injudicious Man, Unfit for the Supreme Court: This was a job interview, not a criminal trial; Kavanaugh, in his fury and pathos, failed the test.” Columnist Roger Cohen has this essay online at The New York Times.

Also online there, columnist Bret Stephens has an essay titled “Believability Is the Road to National Ruin: Thursday’s hearings should not prevent Kavanaugh’s confirmation.”

“Nice Ladies — Three Women: Heartbreaking starts and stops.”: Liz Meriwether has this post at “The Cut” blog of New York magazine.

“Here Are 5 Questions the FBI Should Ask Mark Judge About Brett Kavanaugh”: Peter Maass and Akela Lacy of The Intercept have this report.

“FBI probe could further wound Kavanaugh; Key witnesses such as Mark Judge appear to have agreed to cooperate with the newly ordered probe”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.